The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-11-23
MICHIGAN AFFAIRS.

'S' ~'e'" AAASh, "Seu %, uunR leiSetk
recently, at her home in Adrian Township,
Lenawee County.
William Wallis, aged GO, died at Housh-
ton from the effects of bite received from
the teeth Of an insane man.
The Supervisors at Jackson have be-
gun a war of determination against gpar-
rows by offering one cent head for the
little pests.
In Ishpeming the other night James
McConkey stabbed Charles Williams twice,
infiicting fatal injuries, in quarrel over a
woman. McConkey was arrested.
- Five SILVER dimes were recently sent the
Reading Telephone on postal card. The
pieces were placed in looped Sits cut into
the card and hsid there by thread which
crossed the loops.
: Walter A. Allen, of Albany, y. Y.
will put new machinery in the iron works
at Ishpeming and start up again. The
works were built in 1882 at O cost of $780,
900. They were worked for six months at
loss, and then closed down. The works
will employ 400 men.
A cheeky beggar asked for some cold
victuals mt Jackson back door the other
day. "But we have none" said the brawny
Irish girl, who runs that end Of the house.
"Oh, we'll. hot ones will do" replied the
tramp, whereupon Bridget mode q sere-
and-yellow mark along the side of his
neck with fatiron which she plucked
! from the stove. And thus ID is that the
bright hopes of our American nobility
the men who don't work-are dashed to
earth.
Robert Brockie, a farmer Of Pavilion,
fell from load of corn stalks the other
afternoon and struck on his head His
neck was dislocated, and he was picked up
for dead, but when taken home it was
| found that he was still alive and doctor
was called. The doctor at the earnest re-
quest of his friends set the farmers neck.
Brooke continued to live and is now able
to talk. This is said to be the first case on
record, so far as known, where man lived
after his neck was dislocated.
&C. III. Fargo & Co., of Chicago, have
accepted the proposition made them by the
Board of Prison Inspectors and will lease
the building at Jackson formerly used as
an insane asylum, which is located just
outside the walls, and will remove their
plant to that city. The cells in the build
ing are being removed to the old sanitary
department, where the insane prisoners will
be kept until transferred to Ionia. The
Fargo Company will fit the building for
their use, and, as their contract in prison
runs for eight years yet, the lease will be
made for that time. They expect to be
ready in about two months and will employ
100 hands, chiefly girls.
The extension of the Chicago and
Northwestern Railway from Ishpeming to
Michigamme has come to grief. The road
wants to pass over the tracks of the Duluth,
South Shore and Atlantic, which is a COM
peting line, and strongly objects to allow
ing the Northwestern a passage. If the
Chicago and Northwestern cannot secure
the right of way over the Duluth, South
Shore and Atlantic tracks it will be COM
PEELED 10 climb steep bluff which lies
south of the town and tear down large
number of trestles, ore pockets, and build
ings belonging to the Michigamme Iron
Company, and to this the Michigamme
Company strongly objects. The Chicago
and Northwestern is at present between the
devil and the deep sea, as far as its Michi-
CANINE terminus is concerned, and all
work on the extension has been stopped.
James Wells, of Amboy, in Jail for the
hung himself in Jail. He was very nervous,
fearing that the people would lynch him,
and asked to have some one stay with him
in his cell. Later in the evening he said
he did not care to have any one with him.
Some of the prisoners in the Jail said they
were awake until l or 2 o'clock in the
morning, and heard him moving around.
He was found hanging by a sheet from the
grating of his cell. His knees were bent
under him and his hands on the cross bars
IN front or MIN. III was cNluent Iuat ne n8u
by force of will strangled himself. Wells
had fine farm of 10 acres In Amboy
Township, and considerable property in
notes and mortgages. The latter, to the
amount of $1,000, were dug up recently
by his attorney, by his direction. where be
had buried them on his farm. He lived
alone, although it is said he had a wife and
children somewhere. He gave his age
as 60.
About four miles and one-quartel
southeast of Belleville lives o farmer by
the name of Charles lie Blanc. He comes
forward with the champion snake story OF
the season. He had occasion few days
ago 10 remove several stumps from off his
farm. 1t was while thus engaged that his
attention was called to a hole under the
stump at which he was at work, about the
size of bushel measure. On looking into
the hole he discovered it full Of within.
masses of snakes. As fast rs they made
their appearance from the hole he killed